Mac book pro just crashed.... flashing ? when attempting to start up

[mwmps]

Well the nightmare struck.... i was working on my mac and it froze up. I used cntrl apple power to restart and then was confronted with the flashing folder with a ? icon.

I have inserted the CD that came with the computer and have used the disk utility to try to verify and repair the HD however, I get a invalid volume header message in red.

I was going to try the archive and install option however when I get to the select a destination section of the reinstall and no optionas appear for me to choose.

Of course I have not backed up in a while.... all help would be greatly appreciated from seeing if I can recover data to getting it back up and running

Thanks in advance for any help!!

 

[Daveway]

Sounds like your HD has died out or has a funky formatting problem. I'd look into Disk Warrior or hook it up to another mac via target disk.

 

[AJ Muni]

Stories like these is why I'm going to be purchasing an external HD soon and start backing up...

 

[synth3tik]

bye bye hard drive.


You might be able to fix the issue in disk utilities. You'll have to run it from the OS X disc.


just insert the dvd and hold "c" when booting.